On 3/17/2018 6:59 PM, True North wrote:
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"Don't know what made me think of this but I got a hairdryer, took off
the side cover of the Honda and blew hot air all around the carb area,
being careful not to get the hairdryer too close. Â*Only did it for a
couple of minutes, pulled the starter cord and it fired up right away.

Later that day, my next door neighbor couldn't start his identical Honda
either. Â*Acted just like mine had. Â*I told him what I did and he tried
it also. Â*After warming up the carb area briefly his also fired right
up. Â*I suspect that whatever water was in the fuel (there's always a
tiny amount) froze in the needle area preventing fuel from flowing.
Warming it slightly must have melted it and both mine and his have run
fine since."



In an emergency that could be tricky. That is...no power to operate the hair dryer.
Maybe I should get an inverter anyway...and make my boat battery earn it's keep.



The idea is to make sure it runs *before* a storm arrives with it's
potential power loss especially if you've had very cold temperatures.